Kindergarten Adventures

Today was Eva's first day of kindergarten and it was almost her first absence! Eva and Stella and I left the house this morning at 6:40 a.m. to get to Stella's "school" which is approximately 10 miles from our house and generally takes us about 15 minutes. One hour later we pulled into her school! The flooding is so bad in Hillsborough and the surrounding areas that many roads were closed and traffic was diverted such that I would like to say (in my best hick sounding voice), "You can't get there from here!" I thought I would lose my mind and that Stella would hop out of her skin! Poor Eva who was so excited about kindergarten had to sit in the car all that time, knowing that it would be at least another 1/2 hour before we got to her new school (which is directly behind the high school in which I work). Eva was SOOOO good. No, "are we there yets" or "it's really taking a long time" which is what she generally says when she is in the car for a lengthy amount of time. Maybe she is maturing!!

Recent Stella-Isms

Stella is cracking me up lately...soon she will be two and she is talking up a storm. Some things that she says:

1) All monkeys are Ooo Ooos...including her most favorite one (I will come back and post pics)
2) All kitties are Ya Yas...I believe that stems from the fact that we have a cat named Olivia and when she first learned that she just decided it was easier to call all of them Olivia - which comes out Ya Ya. Though, today, Eva said, "Hi Boo" to my parents' cat and Stella immediately repeated, "Hi Boo" as clear as day!
3) All dogs are Ar Ars...which I believe is because that is the sound they make! Stella has an absolute love hate relationship with fuzzy critters. She loves them from far away...but they get close and she freaks out!
4) Her sister is Eee Eee...which I think is funny since Eva Elizabeth is E.E. How perfect!